international communicator of the year Tyson Stelzer presents tast e london 2020

the biggest global champagne showcase Out Now Showcasing 286 Cuvées From 55 Champagne Houses

Champagne’s biggest challenges Heidsieck & Co. Monopole______68 and opportunities of 2020______2 Héloïse Lloris______59 Champagne Maps______10 Henri Giraud______71 Taste Champagne Venue Map______18 Henriot______72 Jacquesson______74 Directory of Contacts______105 Jeeper______76 Wine Events with Tyson______111 Joseph Perrier______77 Alexandre Bonnet______21 Lanson______34 André Clouet______22 Laurent-Perrier______79 AR Lenoble______23 Louis Roederer______81 AYALA______26 Mailly Grand Cru______83 Beaumont des Crayères______28 Moët & Chandon______84 Besserat de Bellefon______32 Mumm______86 Billecart-Salmon______36 Palmer & Co______88 Boizel______38 Paul Bara______24 Bollinger______27 Perrier-Jouët______87 Bonnaire______40 Philippe Glavier______89 Bruno Paillard______41 Philipponnat______91 Canard-Duchêne______42 Pierre Gimonnet & Fils______92 Castelnau______44 Piper-Heidsieck______94 Cattier______48 Pol Roger______95 Charles Heidsieck______49 Pommery______69 Collet______50 Roger-Constant Lemaire______96 Delamotte______52 Taittinger______97 Deutz______53 Thiénot______43 Devaux______54 Tsarine______35 Dumangin J. Fils______56 Vazart-Coquart______99 Duval-Leroy______60 Veuve Clicquot______85 Franck Bonville______62 Veuve Fourny & Fils______100 Gardet______64 Vilmart & Cie______102 Gosset______66 Vincent d’Astrée______30

tastechampagne tastechampevent 1 Champagne’s big challenges and opportunities of 2020 Tyson Stelzer Taste Champagne London 2020 comes at a crucial and dynamic moment for champagne in the UK. Champagne is fast on the move and never before has an annual update been more pertinent. No region has been revolutionised over the past two decades as dramatically as Champagne. And no appellation has needed it more desperately. Champagne is a very different place to what it was 20 years ago, or even five years ago. The dynamic on the ground in Champagne is ever more complex and changing rapidly. Champagne finds itself in a very difficult place climatically, politically and economically in 2020. And yet, impossibly and triumphantly, Champagne is emphatically in the best place today that it has ever been. Not in spite of the rising challenges it is facing on so many fronts, but because of them. Across the sweep of history, it has been during the eras of prosperity that Champagne has become notoriously complacent in its , lazy in its and tiresomely fabricated in its marketing, for which it has been widely and rightly chastised. And it has been from times of hardship that Champagne has made its greatest advances. Almost a century ago, it was ultimately out of the crisis of phylloxera that Champagne’s appellation system was born. The string of that followed the region’s obliteration during World War II rank among some of the greatest of the century. And the global financial crisis of the past decade provided the much-needed impetus for Champagne to get its supply and demand balance in order and rethink the expansion of its appellation. Champagne’s modern challenges in climate politics and economics have not been insubstantial. In response, its top players have never worked harder and have never been stronger. Over the past decade, the region has entered a phase of fundamental change in the way its grapes are grown and sourced, the way its are made, how its companies are structured and even how and where its cuvées are sold. Each of these topics is unravelled in the coming pages, and the full depth of this discussion is detailed in the introductory chapters of The Champagne Guide 2020-2021.

Aÿ 2019 2 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Sunburnt grapes in Cumières, harvest 2019 Climate in crisis Champagne’s climate is in crisis, to profound and unprecedented extremes, becoming dramatically more extreme and unpredictable over the past three decades, and this is a bigger concern for the region’s than an increase in temperature of close to 1.2oC. The past five vintages have exemplified just how erratic the weather has become, and each for vastly disparate reasons. The 2016 season brought catastrophic frost, hail and rain, inflicting the most widespread devastation in history, only to be outdone by the toughest season in living memory the very next year, decimated by the worst rot Champagne has ever seen. There was rejoicing in the streets when 2018 brought record yields of clean fruit of unprecedented ripeness, but enthusiasm waned when vins clairs lacked acidity and endurance. The 2019 harvest looks to be the best of them all, despite yields smashed by an all-time record late-July heatwave of 42oC that shrivelled grapes to raisins. Green champagne For decades, Champagne has been the laughing stock of responsible growers everywhere, notoriously piling on herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, fertilisers and even Parisian rubbish to shamelessly bolster its poor vines to ludicrous yields. But the slow march to change is gathering momentum on the hillsides of Champagne, and in the past two years it has intensified like never before. Though not as you might expect. 2017 was the worst harvest in memory, decimated by rot. It proved to be the wake-up call that Champagne had to have. The triumphant heroes of this season were sustainably managed vines of respectable yields, setting a precedent that is inspiring otherwise reluctant growers to follow. ‘The large houses are planting grasses in the mid-rows, ploughing and taking better care of the vines than the small growers,’ revealed president of Champagne’s organic body, Association des Biologiques, Pascal Doquet.

tastechampagne tastechampevent 3 Radical pioneers like Anselme Selosse and Pierre Larmandier were instrumental among a small band of like-minded growers who inspired a generation of Champenois to embrace responsible viticulture. Their story is well familiar, and rightfully celebrated. Now a new chapter is unfolding, with an unexpected and dramatic twist. The romanticised aura of growers as the heroes who are saving Champagne from the industrialised menace of the houses has long been the rhetoric of the wine world. Not only is this a fundamentally flawed and simplistic misconception, the truth today is that precisely the opposite is playing out between the vines. The leaders in sustainability in the vines and the wines of Champagne today, those whose vineyards set the pace in thwarting chemical intervention and who inspire, encourage, cajole and incentivise their partners to take up the challenge and step into a new millennium of responsibility are, with a small number of notably famous exceptions, not by and large the growers themselves, but the houses and cooperatives, even and most notably some of the biggest players of all, and most of all Louis Roederer and . Champagne established sustainable certification as an option to go halfway to organics, a good interim step, though far from sufficiently rigorous to be an adequate end point in itself. Meanwhile, all of Champagne’s top houses and growers have already fully eradicated herbicides in their own vineyards. The Comité Champagne aspires to completely eradicate herbicides by 2025, and has already made some progress toward this goal. Twenty percent of Champagne vineyards are certified sustainable, with a goal of 100% by 2030. The region halved its use of nitrogen fertilisers in the first 15 years of this century, and pesticides have now been almost completely eradicated, thanks to pheromone sexual confusion techniques.

4Pascal Doquet, winter 2019 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Fleury harvest 2019

Wildly changing global economies In the market, global forces continue to buffet Champagne, and 2018 marked a milestone turning point for the balance of champagne sales. A depressed French market collided with Brexit and, for the first time in history, not only did champagne exports exceed French sales, but exports to countries outside the European Union exceeded those within (excluding France). Fifteen years ago, exports represented barely more than one-third of the region’s production. This trend will only increase, with some observers predicting that within twenty years, Champagne could be exporting as much as two-thirds of its production. Has the grower bubble burst? Forces are at play that threaten the survival of Champagne’s grower producers. Global economies, erratic harvests, incentives from négociants and even the French taxation system itself are fundamentally changing the balance within Champagne, driving growers to sell all their fruit, some to relinquish their status and become négociants, and others to sell up altogether. Are our beloved champagne growers on a path to extinction? Highly dependent upon the domestic market, grower-producers have been the hardest hit by the dramatic down-turn in the French market over the past decade. More than two-thirds of champagne growers rely exclusively on domestic sales, and more than four-fifths entirely on European countries. ‘Champagne is going to be a very different place in the next decade,’ I was recently told by one small grower and négociant struggling to sustain his family business in a highly respected premier cru on the Montagne de . ‘It will not be possible for many of the small brands to survive.’ Already many have given up. In 2018, 112 grower producers followed a growing trend and closed down production. In 2008, growers sold 78.5 million bottles, almost one-quarter of all champagne production. A decade later, grower sales declined to just 54.9 million bottles, merely 18% of champagne sales by volume and less than 15% by value. This represents a devastating drop of more than 30%. Over the same time, sales by champagne houses grew a little and coopératives declined by more than 7% as Champagne continued its march towards a steadily increasing house dominance.

tastechampagne tastechampevent 5 In response, an increasing band of Champagne’s most celebrated growers are becoming négociants, including such celebrated names as Jérôme Prévost, Bérêche et Fils, André Clouet, De Sousa, Diebolt-Vallois and J.L. Vergnon. In an age when champagne markets religiously celebrate récoltant-manipulant status, relinquishments such as these are testimony to the reality that in Champagne itself, there is no such segregation between récoltants and négociants, and its very suggestion is vigorously dismissed by both sides. ‘We need to change this stupid, simplistic view of the market!’ exclaims chef de cave Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, who blends Louis Roederer’s vintage cuvées exclusively from estate sources. ‘There are some growers who are more négociants than growers, and some négociants who are more growers than négociants.’ The very designation of ‘récoltant’ and ‘négociant’ in Champagne has become so convoluted that it has diminished to virtually complete obscurity, and this is why we have never segregated or identified the two at Taste Champagne. The lines are blurring as négociants increasingly purchase vineyards, growers source from many villages rather than just their own, and coopératives focus more and more on selling their own brands. We are now at a critical juncture in the evolution of the Champagne grower-producer. The years to come will see an increasing reconciliation of growers. It would be no catastrophe for Champagne’s lesser growers to redirect their fruit to the négociant houses. And there is no doubt that the very best growers, well established and well loved across the champagne world, will continue, against all odds, to strengthen their rightful place among the great wine estates of the world.

6Anselme Selosse, harvest 2019 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Why is champagne so cheap? The economies of champagne production are in a rapid state of flux as grape and prices spiral. The region with the highest cost of production in the wine world continues to churn out the most affordable wines of the luxury world, but is this sustainable? The writing is on the cellar wall. Vineyard prices are up more than five-fold in 25 years. Grape prices are up 80% in 15 years. Champagne has the highest cost of production in the wine world. Yet the price of a bottle of champagne has risen less than 15% in the past decade. Champagne cannot remain the outright bargain of the fine wine world forever. Champagne pays its growers the highest grape price in the world, an average of more than €7 per kilogram, and more than €8 in top grand crus, and rising annually – more than 80% up on the price 15 years ago. In the dismal 2017 harvest, Champagne’s largest player, Louis Vuitton–Moët Hennessy, shocked everyone by offering its growers a premium of 6–7% on the price of grapes, and in some crus as much as 15%, inflating prices across the region. The only grower-producers able to sustain these rising costs are those able to pass on price increases in export markets. Yet champagne remains one of the most price-sensitive luxuries. It takes 1.3 kilograms of grapes to make a bottle of champagne, not to mention a production process more complex, labour-intensive and time-consuming than any other in the wine world. The average Champagne vineyard is now valued at more than €1.5 million per hectare, ranking Champagne as the highest-value appellation viticultural land on earth, 60 times the value of an average Bordeaux vineyard! Champagne also ranks as the fastest inflating value of France’s wine appellations, with the price of vineyards growing by 3.4% per annum over the past decade, and more than five-fold in the past 25 years. Champagne’s top grand crus in the Côte des Blancs and Montagne de Reims are now fetching €3-4 million per hectare. Even the big players are troubled. ‘This is a problem for us, as we need to follow the price rise, but we cannot increase our ex-cellar price,’ reveals Lanson chef de cave Hervé Dantan. ‘We expect the price of grapes to continue to rise for the next four or five years, and some brands are going to die. The next five years are going to be very important, and the balance between houses, growers and coopératives is going to change.’ In the midst of all this, Champagne remains the outright bargain of the luxury wine world, with prestige champagne ranking far and away as the most affordable and most accessible of all flagship global benchmark wines. When was the last time you found a mature First Growth Bordeaux or Grand Cru Burgundy for the same price as Krug Grand Cuvée, Louis Roederer Cristal or Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame? In 1904, Moët & Chandon Carte Bleue sold for the same price as Château Latour, Château Margaux and Château Haut-Brion. A 30-year-old Château Lafite was just double the price of a bottle of Louis Roederer, Mumm Cordon Rouge or Veuve Clicquot. Today, these Bordeaux icons are 20 times the price. Champagne does not rank even once among the top 20 most expensive wines in the world. Can champagne maintain its bargain prices? It can, and it will, but only until the moment demand hits a record high in the coming years. Following crashes in the French and UK markets, Champagne sales in 2018 hit their lowest point since the post-GFC crisis of 2009, yet prices are on the rise and 2018 posted record turnover for the region. For the first time in history, exports exceeded French sales.

tastechampagne tastechampevent 7 A new era of disclosure At a time when sparkling regions across the planet are rallying to craft ever more refined alternatives, Champagne must raise its game by upholding its quality, and marketing its only true point of difference: . The complexity of Champagne’s terroir is second only to Burgundy, and its complicated production is second to none, and herein lie its fundamental points of difference that deserve to be front and centre. A new day is dawning in the convoluted world of champagne communication, and many smaller growers and larger houses alike are now beginning to disclose the composition of their cuvées, including the crucial detail of the age of their non-vintage bottlings. This is revealed using all manner of systems, hidden in difficult-to-read bottling codes etched into the glass of the bottle (if you have keen eyes), printed on (or under!) neck labels or back labels, printed in plain English or French on back labels, coded on front labels or corks, or accessed via QR codes, ID codes, websites, dedicated apps or Twitter. Long one of the most guarded wine regions on earth, Champagne’s increasing readiness to tell the wonderful detail of its cuvées is certainly refreshing. Fizzers The inconsistent condition in which champagne reaches its markets is the single most significant factor impeding its quality today – bigger than global warming, chemical viticulture, overcropping, rot and depressed sales in traditional markets. Much has been said of corked, oxidised and lightstruck champagnes over the past decade, and there is still much more that needs to be done. Champagne can no longer simply trade off its name to hold the affections of its markets, if ever it could. Consumers have never been more discerning, and regions the world over have never produced finer wines. The one and only way in which Champagne can assert its superiority and its price is by an absolute and uncompromised insistence on remaining the best. And to do so it must be the most consistent. As a luxury product, champagne cannot afford to continue to abuse the faith of its customers with the levels of inconsistency in cork taint, oxidation and to a lesser extent lightstruck that have plagued its bottles for decades. Across my tastings in the past two years, I’ve encountered 3.8% of bottles sealed by natural cork destroyed by cork taint, and 1% by random oxidation (equally prevalent in DIAM as in natural cork). This is a vast improvement on five years ago, though still represents a total strike rate on natural corks of almost 5%, one bottle in 20.

8 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Taste Champagne champions diversity Taste Champagne is devoted exclusively to championing champagne – houses, growers, coopératives, non-vintage, vintage, rosé and prestige. There are some champagne events that align themselves only with growers, and others whose allegiances are tied exclusively with large houses. Both extremes fly in the face of the fabric of modern champagne and of all the structures and relationships that define it. Taste Champagne is here to champion champagne in its full and glorious diversity. Taste Champagne has grown to become the biggest global champagne showcase, hosting 25 events across three countries over the past six year. We are very proud to host our record biggest event ever in Taste Champagne London 2020, featuring a spectacular line up of 286 cuvées presented by 55 champagne négociants, coopératives and growers, including 52 prestige cuvées, 17 from magnum, 65 vintage, 46 rosé non-vintage, 120 non-vintage, 3 ratafia, 6 museum cuvées from the 1990s and 11 from the great 2008 vintage! Taste Champagne is again championing the key underperforming categories in the UK market this year. Our showing of prestige cuvées represents more than six times the market average, of rosés almost double, of vintage cuvées a huge 17 times and of growers an incredible 10 times! Don’t miss these crucial growth categories. The 55 estates showcased celebrate the grand diversity of Champagne, hailing from 26 villages across the Marne and Aube. To celebrate this geographical kaleidoscope, we are proud to present detailed maps to orientate the location of every estate at Taste Champagne (pages 10-17). Together with Taste Champagne Event Manager Jody Rolfe, I am delighted to welcome you to our record biggest event yet, Taste Champagne London 2020!

For further detail on these topics, see the introductory chapters of Tyson Stelzer’s The Champagne Guide 2020-2021.

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tastechampagne tastechampevent Chigny-les-Roses, harvest 201917 taste champagne london (trade only) (trade Franck Bonville Franck Monopole & Co. Heidsieck Giraud Henri Perrier Joseph Roederer Louis Cru Grand Mailly & Chandon Moët Veuve Clicquot & Co Palmer Glavier Philippe & Fils Gimonnet Pierre Roger Pol Lemaire Roger-Constant Veuve Fourny & Fils & Cie Vilmart Bermar International 30 31 Gardet 32 Gosset 33 34 Pommery 35 36 Henriot 37 Jacquesson 38 Jeeper 39 40 Laurent-Perrier 41 Zzysh 42 43 44 45 46 Mumm 47 Perrier-Jouët 48 49 50 Philipponnat 51 52 Piper-Heidsieck 53 54 55 Taittinger 56 Vazart-Coquart 57 58 59 Alexandre Bonnet Alexandre Clouet André AR Lenoble Bara Paul Crayères des Beaumont d’Astrée Vincent Bellefon de Besserat Paillard Bruno Charles Heidsieck J. Fils Dumangin Lloris Héloise Thiénot 1 Avina 2 3 4 5 6 AYALA 7 Bollinger 8 9 10 11 Lanson 12 Tsarine 13 Billecart-Salmon 14 Boizel 15 Bonnaire 16 17 Canard-Duchêne 17 18 Castelnau 19 Cattier 20 Riedel 21 Antipodes 22 23 Collet 24 Delamotte 25 Deutz 26 Devaux 27 28 29 Duval-Leroy

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Taste Champagne Advert 2019.indd 1 03/12/2019 18:50 Alexandre Bonnet is one of the largest estates in Les Riceys in the Aube. is king here, celebrated in fruity, spicy, succulent cuvées of friendly appeal. – Tyson Stelzer

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Alexandre Bonnet Blanc de Noirs Brut NV ______

Alexandre Bonnet Noir Extra Brut NV ______

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Alexandre Bonnet Harmonie de Blancs Extra Brut 2015 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 21 Tasting after tasting confirm my impression that this small and relatively unknown house ranks high among Champagne’s finest practitioners of pinot noir – and represents one of the best value of all. – Tyson Stelzer

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André Clouet Silver Brut Nature NV ______

André Clouet Rosé No.5 Brut NV ______

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22Jean-François Clouet, harvest 2019 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 True to its name, a noble approach in the vines and the cellar produces well-composed and tantalisingly affordable cuvées. – Tyson Stelzer

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AR Lenoble Intense « mag 15 » NV ______

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AR Lenoble Rosé -Bisseuil NV ______AR Lenoble Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Chouilly « mag 15 » NV ______

AR Lenoble Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Vintage 2012 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 23 The Bara family has long been one of the top names in the fabled grand cru of Bouzy, embodying the characterful grandeur of pinot noir, energised by impeccable malic acidity. – Tyson Stelzer

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Paul Bara Bouzy Réserve Brut NV ______

Paul Bara Bouzy Grand Rosé Brut NV ______

Paul Bara Bouzy Grand Millésime Brut 2014 ______

24Bouzy, harvest 2019 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 tastechampagne tastechampevent Trépail, harvest 201925 Big changes are at hand at Ayala, and its wines are beginning to shine. Its elegant, -charged cuvées are showing promise. – Tyson Stelzer

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26 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 These are ravishing champagnes that now rank high among the very best of the region. – Tyson Stelzer

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Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut NV ______

Bollinger Rosé Brut NV ______

Bollinger La Grande Année 2012 ______

Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé 2012 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 27 For three generations, the growers of the village of Mardeuil in the Marne Valley have united to produce cuvées that celebrate the pinot noir grape. – Tyson Stelzer

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Beaumont des Crayères Grande Réserve Brut NV ______

Beaumont des Crayères Grand Rosé Brut NV ______

Beaumont des Crayères Grand Chardonnay Brut NV ______

Beaumont des Crayères Grand Meunier Extra Brut NV ______

28 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Beaumont des Crayères Fleur de Prestige Millésimé 2009 ______

Beaumont des Crayères Nostalgie Brut 2006 ______

Chigny-les-Roses, harvest 2019 tastechampagne tastechampevent 29 For more than 60 years, the coopérative of the premier cru of Pierry has crafted cuvées led primarily by the meunier grape. – Tyson Stelzer

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Vincent d’Astrée Premier Cru Brut NV ______

Vincent d’Astrée Premier Cru Brut Rosé NV ______

Vincent d’Astrée Premier Cru Solstice Brut Rosé de Saignée NV ______

Vincent d’Astrée Premier Cru Brut Millésime 2011 ______

30 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Vincent d’Astrée Premier Cru Novae Millésime 2009 ______

Vincent d’Astrée Premier Cru Équinoxe Brut Millésime 2005 ______

Pierry,tastechampagne winter 2013 tastechampeventÉpernay and Pierry, harvest 2019 Tyson Stelzer photography 31 With low pressure and full malic acidity, Besserat de Bellefon creates a long-aged style of expressive mineral structure. – Tyson Stelzer

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Besserat de Bellefon Extra Brut NV ______

Besserat de Bellefon Blanc de Blancs Brut NV ______

32 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Besserat de Bellefon Blanc de Noirs NV ______

Besserat de Bellefon Brut Vintage 2008 ______

Besserat de Bellefon Triple B NV ______

Besserat de Bellefon BB1843 Brigitte Bardot NV ______

Besserat de Bellefon BB 1843 MV ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Courteron, harvest 201933 Lanson’s distinctive house style of blocking makes for an excitingly highstrung, age-worthy champagne. – Tyson Stelzer

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Lanson Green Label Brut Organic NV ______

Lanson Rose Label Brut Rosé NV ______

Lanson White Label NV ______

Lanson Gold Label Brut Vintage 2009 ______

34 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Tsarine is a brand of the house of Chanoine Frères, founded in 1730, the second-oldest house in Champagne. Its cuvées are fresh, fruity and inexpensive. – Tyson Stelzer

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Tsarine Cuvée Orium NV ______

Tsarine Tzarina Brut NV ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 35 The mark of Billecart is made not by the heavy footfall of concentration, power and presence, but rather by the fairy touch of delicacy and crystal-clear fidelity. – Tyson Stelzer

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Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Sous Bois Brut NV ______

Billecart-Salmon Vintage Extra Brut 2008 ______

36 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Louis Blanc de Blancs Brut 2007 ______

Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François 2006 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Billecart-Salmon, 201937 Boizel’s clean, fruity style is blessed with the complexity and finely structured mouthfeel of long lees age. – Tyson Stelzer

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38 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Boizel Grand Vintage 2008 ______

Boizel Joyau de France Brut Millésimé 2004 ______

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Bonnaire is a creamy style led by the generosity of chardonnay from well-positioned sites in the hallowed grand cru of Cramant. – Tyson Stelzer

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Bonnaire Terroirs Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV ______

Bonnaire Brut Nature Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV ______

Bonnaire Variance Blanc de Blancs Sous Bois NV ______

Bonnaire Cramant Vintage Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs 2012 ______

40 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Bruno Paillard’s finely crafted cuvées are evidence of just what can be achieved from a standing start in Champagne, with sufficient connections and determination! – Tyson Stelzer

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Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut NV ______

Bruno Paillard Première Cuvée Rosé Extra Brut NV ______

Bruno Paillard Assemblage 2009 ______

Bruno Paillard N.P.U. Nec Plus Ultra 2004 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 41 From its home in the village of Ludes on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims, Canard-Duchêne draws pinot noir and chardonnay from a significant spread of growers spanning 60 communes. – Tyson Stelzer

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42Ludes, winter 2016 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 This small, family-owned house is the proud custodian of 27 hectares of estate vineyards in the Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs and Sézanne, supplying an impressive three-quarters of its needs. – Tyson Stelzer

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tastechampagne tastechampevent Trépail, harvest 201943 The century-old Reims house of Castelnau crafts long-aged cuvées led by chardonnay. – Tyson Stelzer

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44 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Castelnau Blanc de Blancs 2006 ______

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to open up and to fully CHAMPAGNE show every aroma and subtle nuance.

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antipodes.co.nz @antipodes_water tastechampagne tastechampevent 47 The family-owned house of Cattier is the most famous in the romantic premier cru village of Chigny-les-Roses on the elegant northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims – Tyson Stelzer

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Cattier Brut Premier Cru NV ______

Cattier Brut Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru NV ______

Cattier Brut Rosé Premier Cru NV ______

Cattier Brut Premier Cru Millésimé 2012 ______

Cattier Saphir Premier Cru Brut NV ______

48 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 These deeply contemplative yet thrillingly engaging cuvées have ascended yet another leap and now confidently rank among the finest in all of Champagne.– Tyson Stelzer

charlesheidsieckchampagne chchampagneuk

Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV ______

Charles Heidsieck Blanc de Blancs NV ______

Charles Heidsieck Rosé Réserve NV ______

Charles Heidsieck Millésime Vintage Brut 2005 en magnum ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 49 Based on the edge of the mighty grand cru of Aÿ, Collet is the oldest coopérative in Champagne. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnecolletofficiel champagnecollet

Collet Brut Art Déco Premier Cru NV ______

Collet Brut NV ______

Collet Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru NV ______

Collet Brut Rosé NV ______

50 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Collet Rosé Dry ‘Collection Privée’ NV ______

Collet Brut Vintage ‘Collection Privée’ 2008 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Aÿ, harvest 201951 Delamotte is on the rise, aspiring to president Didier Depond’s aspiration that ‘champagne is about freshness and elegance.’ – Tyson Stelzer

maisonchampagnedelamotte

Delamotte Brut NV ______

Delamotte Blanc de Blancs NV en magnum ______

Delamotte Rosé Brut NV ______

Delamotte Blanc de Blancs 2012 ______

52 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Crisp, pure champagnes, impeccably crafted in a style of elegant finesse.– Tyson Stelzer

champagne-deutz champagnedeutz

Deutz Brut Classic NV ______

Deutz Brut Rosé NV ______

Deutz Blanc de Blancs Brut 2013 ______

Deutz Amour de Deutz Brut Millésimé 2009 ______Deutz Cuvée William Deutz Brut Millésimé 2009 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 53 The progressive and innovative house of Devaux lives up to its aspiration of Côte des Bar cuvées of long-aged pinot noir and chardonnay, showcasing the fruit power and definition of the region.– Tyson Stelzer

Devaux.fr ChampagneDevaux champagne_devaux

Devaux Cuvée D “Aged 5 years” en magnum ______

Devaux Ultra D “Aged 5 years” ______

Devaux D Rosé “Aged 5 years” ______

Devaux D Millésimé 2008 Trade & Media only ______

54 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Devaux Coeur des Bar Blanc de Noirs NV ______

Devaux Sténopé 2011 Trade & Media only ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Devaux55 I have not seen more focused attention to detail anywhere in Champagne. – Tyson Stelzer

ChampagneDumangin dumangin ChampagneGilles

Dumangin J. Fils La Cuvée 17 Brut NV ______

Dumangin J. Fils L’Extra-Brut 1er Cru NV ______

Dumangin J. Fils Le Rosé 1er Cru Extra Brut NV ______

Dumangin J. Fils Le Vintage 1er Cru 2009 ______

56 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Dumangin J. Fils Premium Blanc de Blancs 1er Cru 2009 ______

Dumangin J. Fils Premium Rosé de Saignée 1er Cru 2010 ______

Dumangin J. Fils Trio des Ancêtres Achille Blanc de Meunier Brut Nature 2002 ______

Dumangin J. Fils Trio des Ancêtres Hippolyte Blanc de Pinot Noir Brut Nature 2002 ______

Dumangin J. Fils Trio des Ancêtres Firmin Blanc de Chardonnay Brut Nature 2002 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 57 Dumangin J. Fils Ratafia Champenois NV ______

Dumangin J. Fils Ratafia Champenois Single Barrel 14 YO 2004 ______

Dumangin, harvest 2019 58 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Héloïse Lloris is the union of Taissy chardonnay and Rilly-la-Montagne pinot noir, crafted by Dumangin J Fils and finished in 24 carat gold.– Tyson Stelzer

heloisellorisofficial

Héloïse Lloris Tête de Cuvée Vintage 1996 ______

Héloïse Lloris Tête de Cuvée Vintage 1998 en magnum ______

Héloïse Lloris Tête de Cuvée Blanc de Blancs NV en magnum ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Dumangin, harvest 201959 Chardonnay takes the lead in these graceful and elegant wines, reflecting the bright fruit purity of the village of Vertus. – Tyson Stelzer

ChampagneDuvalLeroy Ch_Duval_Leroy duvalleroy

Duval-Leroy Brut Réserve NV ______

Duval-Leroy Extra-Brut Prestige Premier Cru NV ______

Duval-Leroy Rosé Prestige Premier Cru NV ______

Duval-Leroy Femme de Champagne Grand Cru Brut Nature 2002 ______

Duval-Leroy Femme de Champagne 1996 ______

60 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 tastechampagne tastechampevent 61 The privilege of substantial, well-placed holdings in Champagne cannot be overstated. Chardonnay is the theme of these tense, powerful champagnes. – Tyson Stelzer

ChampagneFranckBonville champagne_franck_bonville

Franck Bonville Brut Grand Cru NV ______

Franck Bonville Brut Millésime 2013 ______

Franck Bonville Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Pur 2012 ______

Franck Bonville Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Pur Oger 2012 ______

62 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Franck Bonville Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Pur Mesnil 2012 ______

Franck Bonville Cuvée Les Belles Voyes Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs 2012 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Avize, harvest 201463 The historic house of Gardet in the beautiful premier cru village of Chigny-les-Roses builds its cuvées predominantly around pinot noir and meunier and ages its reserves in large, old wooden casks. – Tyson Stelzer

Champagne.Gardet ChampagneGardet

Gardet Brut Tradition NV ______

Gardet Brut Réserve Premier Cru NV ______

Gardet Brut Blanc de Noirs Premier Cru NV ______

Gardet Extra Brut Millésimé 2012 ______

64 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Gardet Prestige Charles Gardet Millésimé 2005 ______

Gardet Prestige Charles Gardet Rosé de Saignée Millésimé 2011 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Chigny-les-Roses, harvest 201965 Gosset’s house style of no malolactic fermentation, clean-cut structure and enduring longevity remains as fine and unwaveringly consistent as ever. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnegossetofficiel

Gosset Extra Brut NV Trade & Media only ______

Gosset Grande Réserve Brut NV ______

Gosset Grand Blanc de Blancs Brut NV ______

Gosset Grand Rosé Brut NV ______

66 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Gosset Grand Millésimé 2012 ______

Gosset CELEBRIS 2007 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Épernay, harvest 201467 Pinot noir is the focus of the blends of this brand within the Vranken-Pommery group. – Tyson Stelzer

Heidsieck & Co Monopole Blue Top Brut NV ______

Heidsieck & Co. Monopole Premier Cru NV ______

Heidsieck & Co. Monopole Impératrice Brut NV ______

Heidsieck & Co. Monopole Gold Top Vintage 2010 ______

68 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Pommery is the key house of the Vranken-Pommery group, Champagne’s third largest, with aspirations of ‘Freshness, vivacity, fruit aromas and long length’. – Tyson Stelzer

pommeryofficial champagnepommery

Pommery Brut Apanage NV ______

Pommery Blanc de Blancs Brut NV ______

Pommery Brut Rosé NV ______

Pommery Grand Cru Vintage Brut 2006 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 69 Pommery Cuvée Louise 2004 ______

Pommery Cuvée Louise Brut Nature 2004 ______

Pommery Cuvée Louise Rosé 2004 ______

70Pommery Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 The magnificence of Aÿ is captured, thanks to vines of a minimum 30 years of age, planted on thin topsoils and deep chalk, tended according to organic principles and harvested at full ripeness. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnehenrigiraud

Henri Giraud Esprit Nature NV ______

Henri Giraud Grand Cru Fût de Chêne MV14 Brut NV ______

Henri Giraud Dame-Jane Grand Vin de Champagne Rosé NV ______

Henri Giraud Blanc de Craie Grand Vin de Champagne NV ______

Henri Giraud Ratafia de Champagne ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 71 The DNA of Henriot is meticulously assembled and long-aged cuvées built on a core of Côte des Blancs chardonnay. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnehenriot

Henriot Brut Souverain NV ______

Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV ______

Henriot Brut Rosé NV ______

Henriot Rosé Millésimé 2012 ______

72 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Henriot Brut Millésimé 2008 ______

Henriot Cuvée Hemera 2005 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Trépail, winter 201373 No champagne house today is on a trajectory of ascent as steep as Jacquesson.– Tyson Stelzer

champagne-jacquesson

Jacquesson Cuvée No 743 Extra Brut NV ______

Jacquesson Cuvée No 738 DT Dégorgement Tardif Extra Brut NV ______

Jacquesson Dizy Corne Bautray Extra Brut Récolte 2009 ______

Jacquesson Avize Champ Caïn Extra Brut Récolte 2009 ______

Jacquesson Aÿ Vauzelle Terme Extra Brut Récolte 2009 ______

74 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 tastechampagne tastechampevent Dizy, harvest 201975 From its home in the village of Faverolles-et-Coëmy near Reims, Jeeper sources from 35 hectares of estate vineyards and 180 hectares of grower partners. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnejeeper

Jeeper Grand Assemblage Brut NV ______

Jeeper Grande Réserve Brut NV ______

Jeeper Grande Rosé Brut NV ______

Jeeper Grand Cru Brut NV Trade & Media only ______

Jeeper Grand Cuvée Vintage 2005 ______

76 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Founded in 1825, Joseph Perrier is now a house of the Alain Thiénot group. Its ripe and generous cuvées celebrate the apple-roundness of meunier. – Tyson Stelzer

champagne-joseph-perrier champagnejosephperrier

Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Brut NV ______

Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Blanc de Blancs NV ______

Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Brut Rosé NV

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Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Brut Nature Blanc de Noirs Vintage 2010

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tastechampagne tastechampevent 77 Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Brut Vintage 2008 ______

Joseph Perrier Cuvée Joséphine 2008 ______

78 Tyson Stelzer Presents TasteHautvillers, Champagne harvest 20202019 Laurent-Perrier is unusual in having found a reasonably comfortable equilibrium in that precarious balance between volume and fine-tuned quality. These are champagnes with a flattering demeanour of precision, delicacy, elegance and tension. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnelaurentperrieruk champagnelpuk laurentperrieruk

Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Brut NV ______

Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut NV ______

Laurent-Perrier Blanc de Blancs Brut NV ______

Laurent-Perrier Vintage Brut 2008 ______

Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Iteration No.24 MV Trade & Media only ______

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80 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020

Inserat_170x240.indd 2 21.11.19 09:57 Louis Roederer is unlike any other champagne house of its magnitude. Never have its wines looked more characterful, or more precise. – Tyson Stelzer

louisroedererofficial louisroederer_

Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV ______

Louis Roederer Vintage Rosé 2013 ______

Louis Roederer Brut Vintage 2013 ______

Louis Roederer Blanc de Blancs 2011 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 81 Louis Roederer Et Philippe Starck Brut Nature 2012 ______Louis Roederer et Philippe Starck Brut Nature Rosé 2012 ______

82Louis Roederer chef de cave, Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, harvestTyson 2019 Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 One of Champagne’s finest coopératives, Mailly’s range showcases the deep colour, rich complexity and upfront fruit character of this celebrated cru. – Tyson Stelzer

ChampagneMaillyGrandCru champagnemailly champagne_mailly

Mailly Grand Cru Brut Réserve NV ______

Mailly Grand Cru Blanc de Pinot Noir Brut NV ______

Mailly Grand Cru Rosé de Mailly Brut NV ______

Mailly Grand Cru Extra Brut Millésimé 2012 ______

Mailly Grand Cru Les Échansons 2009 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 83 In conversations across the region, from the largest houses and coopératives to the smallest growers, I am continually impressed by the high regard in which Moët & Chandon is held. – Tyson Stelzer

MoetUK Moet_UK moetchandon

Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial NV ______

Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Extra Brut 2012 ______

Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Rosé Extra Brut 2012 ______

84Moët & Chandon’s Montaigu lodge, Chouilly, harvest 2014Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Veuve Clicquot’s characterful, full-bodied, pinot-focused wines are more refined every time I look. For an operation of such a grand scale, the consistency of Veuve Clicquot is unrivalled in all of Champagne. – Tyson Stelzer

VeuveClicquot.UK veuveclicquotuk

Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut NV ______

Veuve Clicquot Extra Brut Extra Old NV ______

Veuve Clicquot Rosé NV ______

Veuve Clicquot Vintage 2012 ______

Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2008 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 85 Mumm now enjoys a higher percentage of chardonnay in its house blend, LOGOTYPE COULEUR FOND BLANC P7637C Nº dossier : 20120475E P200C Date : 28/03/2013 as well as more reserve wine, longer maturation timesValidation DA/DC : andNOIR lower dosages, Validation Client OR LUXOR 332 all of which have helped to lift the style. – Tyson Stelzer

champagneg.h.mumm ghmumm

Mumm Brut Millésimé 2013 ______

Mumm Brut Millésimé 2006 en magnum ______

Mumm Brut Millésimé 1996 en magnum ______

Mumm Brut Millésimé 1995 en magnum ______

86 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 From its founding just over 200 years ago, the vision of the house has focused on the floral elegance of chardonnay, and today more than half of the estate’s holdings lie in the Côte des Blancs, particularly in the grand crus of Cramant and Avize. – Tyson Stelzer

champagne perrier-jouët perrierjouet perrierjouet

Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs Brut NV en magnum ______

Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs 2012 ______

Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs 2006 ______

Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs 2002 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 87 Palmer sells some 70% of production to négociant houses, and the standard of the current releases suggests that the coopérative is diligent in reserving the finest for its own cuvées. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnepalmer champagnepalmer

Palmer & Co Brut Réserve NV en magnum ______

Palmer & Co Blanc de Blancs NV en magnum ______

Palmer & Co Blanc de Noirs NV en magnum ______

Palmer & Co Rosé Réserve NV en magnum ______

Palmer & Co Vintage 2008 en magnum ______

88 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Philippe and Véronique Glavier draw purity, precision, tension and salt mineral expression from vineyards exclusively on the grand crus of the Côte des Blancs. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnephilippeglavier

Philippe Glavier La Grâce d’Alphaël Extra Brut Grand Cru NV ______

Philippe Glavier La Grâce d’Hakamiah Extra Brut Grand Cru NV ______

Philippe Glavier Génésis Extra Brut Grand Cru NV ______

Philippe Glavier Rubellite Céleste Rosé Extra Brut Grand Cru NV ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 89 Philippe Glavier Emotion Extra Brut Grand Cru 2012 ______

Philippe Glavier Cramant Emotion Extra Brut Grand Cru 2013 ______

Philippe Glavier Folie de Cramant Extra Brut Grand Cru 2012 ______

90Cramant, winter 2013 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 For two decades, Charles Philipponnat has personally elevated the viticulture and vinification of this fabled house, and never have his cuvées more accurately embodied his mandate than this year. – Tyson Stelzer

Philipponnat champagne_philipponnat

Philipponnat Royale Réserve Brut NV ______

Philipponnat Royale Réserve Non-Dosé NV ______

Philipponnat Blanc de Noirs Extra-Brut 2012

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Philipponnat 1522 Grand Cru Extra-Brut 2009 Trade & Media only ______

Philipponnat La Rémissonne Mareuil-sur-Aÿ Premier Cru Extra Brut 2009 Trade & Media only ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 91 With high-strung tension, crystalline structure and rapier-sharp precision, these are blanc de blancs champagnes charged with an energy that will sustain them long indeed. They represent some of the best-value apéritif champagnes of all. – Tyson Stelzer

PGimonnetFils champagnegimonnet

Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Cuis 1er Cru NV ______

Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Rosé de Blancs 1er Cru NV ______

Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Cuvée Gastronome 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs 2015 ______

Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Oenophile Non Dosé 1er Cru Brut Nature 2010 ______

92 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Cuvée Fleuron 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs 2014 ______

Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Special Club Grands Terroirs de Chardonnay Extra Brut 2014 ______

Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Millésime de Collection Vieilles Vignes de Chardonnay 2006 en magnum ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Didier Gimonnet93 Piper-Heidsieck has come a long way in recent decades, and is now ascending again in both quality and price. – Tyson Stelzer

ChampagnePiperHeidsieck piper_heidsieck

Piper-Heidsieck Cuvée Brut NV en jeroboam ______

Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel Cuvée Reservée NV ______

Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel Blanc de Blancs NV ______

Piper-Heidsieck Vintage Brut 2012 ______

Piper-Heidsieck Rosé Sauvage Brut NV en magnum ______

94 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 The champagnes of Pol Roger are desperately precise, intricately delicate and flawlessly pristine.– Tyson Stelzer

PolRogerPortfolio pol_roger pol_roger

Pol Roger Brut Réserve NV ______

Pol Roger Rosé Vintage 2012 ______

Pol Roger Brut Vintage 2012 ______

Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 2009 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 95 Centred on the south-facing slopes of the Vallée de la Marne, the Roger-Constant Lemaire family upholds freshness through blocking malolactic fermentation. – Tyson Stelzer

rclemaireuk

Roger-Constant Lemaire Cuvée Trianon NV ______

Roger-Constant Lemaire Blanc de Meuniers NV ______

Roger-Constant Lemaire Rosé de Saignée NV ______

Roger-Constant Lemaire Millésime Blanc de Blanc 2010 ______

Roger-Constant Lemaire Millésime Rosé de Saignée 2012 ______

96 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Taittinger’s flagship Comtes de Champagne holds an enviable position among the very finest blanc de blancs, and its non-vintage cuvées have never looked more refined. – Tyson Stelzer

taittinger_uk taittingerUK

Taittinger Brut Réserve NV ______

Taittinger Prestige Rosé Brut NV ______

Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus Brut NV ______

Taittinger Folies de la Marquetterie Brut NV ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 97 Taittinger Brut Millésimé 2014 ______

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Grands Crus Blanc de Blancs 2007 ______

Taittinger Nocturne Sec NV ______

Taittinger Nocturne Rosé Sec NV ______

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98Taittinger’s Chateau de la Marquetterie, Pierry, harvest 2019Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Jean-Pierre Vazart meticulously crafts a ripe fruit style that articulates the quintessential expression of Chouilly terroir in every cuvée. – Tyson Stelzer

Champagne.Vazart.Coquart VazartCoquart vazartcoquart

Vazart-Coquart Brut Réserve Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru NV ______

Vazart-Coquart Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru NV ______

Vazart-Coquart Grand Bouquet Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru 2013 ______

Vazart-Coquart TC Lieu Dit l’Aventure Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru 2015 ______

Vazart-Coquart Special Club Brut Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru 2012 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent 99 The Fourny brothers manage some of the finest terroirs in Vertus and their pristine champagnes look more pure, precise and fresh with every release. – Tyson Stelzer

champagne-veuve-fourny charlesfourny

Veuve Fourny & Fils Blanc de Blancs Vertus Premier Cru Brut Nature NV ______

Veuve Fourny & Fils Blanc de Blancs Vertus Premier Cru Brut NV ______

Veuve Fourny & Fils Monts de Vertus Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Brut 2013 ______

100 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Veuve Fourny & Fils Cuvée R Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Vertus Premier Cru NV ______

Veuve Fourny & Fils Rosé Vinothèque Vertus Premier Cru MV13 Extra Brut NV ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Emmanuel Fourny, 2019101 Of all of Champagne’s practitioners who make full use of without malolactic fermentation, the wines of Laurent Champs are among the most seamless and well integrated. – Tyson Stelzer

champagnevilmart

Vilmart & Cie Grande Réserve Brut Premier Cru NV ______

Vilmart & Cie Grand Cellier Brut Premier Cru NV ______

102 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Vilmart & Cie Grand Cellier d’Or Brut Premier Cru 2015 ______

Vilmart & Cie CŒur de Cuvée Premier Cru 2012 ______

Vilmart & Cie Emotion 2012 ______

tastechampagne tastechampevent Rilly-la-Montagne, winter 2013103 TM

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Taste Champagne Avina Wine Accessories www.TasteChampagne.events David Turner Phone: 0203 7703084 [email protected] Tyson Stelzer www.avinawinetools.com [email protected] Facebook: avinawinetools Mob (+61) (0) 402 821 230 Twitter: avinawinetools www..com.au Instagram: avina_wine www.TysonStelzer.com

Jody Rolfe Innveri Schweiz AG c/o zzysh Event Manager Innveri Schweiz AG [email protected] Manfred Jüni Mob (+61) (0) 419 710 886 Managing Director and Inventor [email protected] Antipodes Water Company www.zzysh.me Tim Severne Global Sales Manager Mobile / WhatsApp: +64 275 79 70 79 Riedel Email / Skype: [email protected] RSN.UK Limited t/a RIEDEL, Website: www.antipodes.co.nz Lakeside House, 3 Trentham Office Village Facebook: antipodeswatercompany Trentham Lakes South, Stoke on Trent, Instagram: antipodes_water United Kingdom, ST4 8GH Tel +44 1782 646105 Bermar International Fax +44 1782 646106 Bermar.co.uk Email [email protected] +44 (0) 1473 612 062 www.riedel.com

tastechampagne tastechampevent Aÿ, harvest 2019105 Alexandre Bonnet Billecart-Salmon Frédéric Sonzogno Colin Palmer Sales Director Managing Director UK T: +33.6.79.11.15.81 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] T: 020 8405 6345 www.alexandrebonnet.com www.champagne-billecart.com Facebook: champagnesalexandrebonnet Boizel André Clouet EWGA Adrian Moeckell Importer & Distributor: Managing Director THE VINTNER E: [email protected] 1st Floor, 25 Heathman’s Road www.ewga.net SW6 4TJ, London Facebook: EWGA Office: +44 203 757 5469 Instagram: EWGA https://www.thevintner.com/ Bollinger A.R. Lenoble Trade enquiries: Contact Person: Victoria Carfantan Flint Wines E: [email protected] Kirsty Savory Twitter: @BollingerUK Marketing Manager E: [email protected] Public enquiries: T: +44 7761514509 www.flintwines.com Champagne Bollinger 16, rue Jules Lobet - 51160 Aÿ, France www.champagne-bollinger.com E: [email protected] AYALA T: +33 (0)3 26 53 33 66 Trade enquiries: Twitter: @BollingerUK Contact Person: Victoria Carfantan E: [email protected] Bonnaire Twitter: @AyalaUK_ Jean-Emmanuel Bonnaire Public enquiries: 120 rue d’Epernay, 51 530 Cramant, France Champagne AYALA E: [email protected] 1, rue Edmond de Ayala - 51160 Aÿ, France www.bonnaire.com T: +33 (0)3 26 55 15 44 Facebook: champagnebonnaire E: [email protected] Instagram: bonnaireclouet www.champagne-ayala.fr/en Twitter: @AyalaUK_ Bruno Paillard Exclusively distributed by Bibendum Wine Beaumont des Crayères 109a Regents Park Road Grape Passions Ltd Primrose Hill Unit 7, Rosewood Business Park London, NW1 8UR, United Kingdom Eastways Industrial Estate customer service +44 845 263 6924 Witham, Essex, CM8 3AA Instagram @bibendumwine Twitter @bibendumwine Mark Soudah Managing Director T: 01376 538888 Canard-Duchêne Champagnes & Chateaux Ltd Besserat de Bellefon Anna Grente Marketing Manager Mr. Godefroy Baijot T: 07825 540 914 Export Director E: [email protected] T: +33 (0) 3 26 78 52 16 www.champagnesandchateaux.co.uk www.besseratdebellefon.com Facebook: @champagnesandchateaux Facebook: BesseratDeBellefon Twitter:@FizzandFineWine Instagram: besseratdebellefon Instagram: @champagnesandchateaux

106 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Castelnau Devaux Castelnau Wine Agencies Hannah Stokes Belinda Stone France Brand Manager at Liberty Wines E: [email protected] +44 (0) 7867 392 632 www.castelnau.co.uk/ [email protected] Twitter: @CastelnauUK Instagram: @castelnauuk Samuel Le Douarin Business Development Manager at Champagne Devaux Cattier +44 (0) 7918 743 237 [email protected] Boutique Brands Instagram: @champagne_devaux Portland House Suite 213, Bresseden Place, SW1E 5RS London [email protected] Dumangin J. Fils

Charles Heidsieck Gilles Dumangin 3 rue de Rilly Willem Pinçon 51500 Chigny Les Roses Senior Brand Manager UK & Ireland [email protected] [email protected] www.champagne-dumangin.fr Facebook: ChampagneDumangin Retailers: Twitter: @dumangin Hedonism Wines, Selfridge’s, Harrods, Instagram: @ChampagneGilles The Wine Society, The Finest Bubble, Direct Wines

Collet Duval-Leroy Hallgarten & Novum Wines Tony Sparrow Peter Doherty Sales Manager UK E: [email protected] M: 07855 278352 www.hnwines.co.uk E: [email protected] Facebook: hnwines www.duval-leroy.com Twitter: hnwines Facebook: ChampagneDuvalLeroy Instagram: hnwines Twitter: @Ch_Duval_Leroy Instagram: duvalleroy

Delamotte Importer & Distributor: Corney & Barrow Ltd Franck Bonville Independent Wine Merchants Anna Bell - Marketing Communication Officer Lorène Petiau [email protected] E: [email protected] +44 020 7265 2400 www.champagne-franck-bonville.com www.corneyandbarrow.com Facebook : Champagne Franck Bonville Instagram: champagne_franck_bonville Champagne Delamotte www.salondelamotte.com Gardet Deutz Baptiste Marchal Ben Wyse Export Sales Senior Brand Manager Cell. +33 (0) 6 24 75 56 17 [email protected] E: [email protected] Gonzalez Byass UK Ltd. www.champagne-gardet.com The Hyde, Woodcock Hill, Facebook: Champagne.Gardet Coopers Green Lane, St Albans, Herts AL4 9HJ Twitter: ChampagneGardet www.gonzalezbyassuk.com Instagram: champagnegardet

tastechampagne tastechampevent 107 Gosset Jacquesson www.champagne-gosset.com Jean-Hervé & Laurent Chiquet Instagram: ChampagneGossetofficiel 68 Rue du Colonel Fabien Facebook: ChampagneGossetofficiel DIZY 51530 Rebecca Fraser FRANCE Louis Latour Agencies T : +33 (0) 3 26 55 68 11 12-14 Denman Street E; [email protected] London W1D 7HJ www.champagnejacquesson.com Twitter: LouisLatourUK Instagram: LouisLatourUK You Tube: Louis Latour Agencies (short films) Jeeper www.louislatour.co.uk Les Domaines Jeeper [email protected] Stanislas De Coninck, Europe Export Manager E: [email protected] www.champagne-jeeper.com Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: ChampagneJeeper Heidsieck & Co. Monopole Vranken Pommery UK Ltd Sara Hicks – UK Director Joseph Perrier 128 Buckingham Palace Road Champagne Joseph Perrier London SW1W 9SA 69 Av de Paris, E: [email protected] 51016 Chalons-en-Champagne www.vrankenpommery.com Martin Gamman M.W. Director UK and Ireland - Joseph Perrier T: 01452 812977 M: 07799 417773 Héloïse Lloris Gilles Dumangin 3 rue de Rilly Lanson 51500 Chigny Les Roses Lanson International UK Limited E: [email protected] 18 Bolton Street, London, W1J 8BJ www.champagne-dumangin.fr Tel: +44(0)20 7499 0070 Facebook: ChampagneDumangin Fax: +44 (0)20 7408 0841 Twitter: @dumangin Email: [email protected] Instagram: @ChampagneGilles www.lansonchampagne.com

Laurent-Perrier Henri Giraud Laurent-Perrier UK Ltd Stéphane Barlerin T: 01628 475 404 Sales Director E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.laurent-perrier.com T: +33 (0)6.07.76.26.79 Facebook: champagnelaurentperrieruk www.champagne-giraud.com Twitter: @champagnelpuk Facebook: @champagnehenrigiraud Instagram: @laurentperrieruk Instagram: @ champagnehenrigiraud #lovelaurentperrier

Louis Roederer Henriot Alex Tilling Brand Manager John E. Fells & Sons Ltd. [email protected] Isabelle Partridge Keane T: 0208 812 3380 French Brand Manager Fells House, Station Road, Kings Langley, Herts, WD4 8LH Mailly Grand Cru E: [email protected] www.fells.co.uk Xavier Millard Instagram: @je_fells Export Manager [email protected] Champagne Henriot www.champagne-mailly.com 81 Rue Coquebert Facebook: ChampagneMaillyGrandCru 51100 Reims Twitter: @champagnemailly France Instagram: @champagne_mailly

108 Tyson Stelzer Presents Taste Champagne 2020 Moët & Chandon Philippe Glavier Moët Hennessy The Social Wine Co Trade Contact Rob Edwards (Wine Director) Cerentha CHOW T: 0203 306 0640 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] T: 0207 808 4400 www.thesocialwineco.com Facebook: champagnephilippeglavier Public Contact Instagram: champagnephilippeglavier Clos19 E: [email protected] https://www.clos19.com/en-gb/ Philipponnat https://www.facebook.com/clos19/ https://twitter.com/clos19official Trade Enqueries: https://www.instagram.com/clos19official/ JUSTERINI & BROOKS 61 St James’s Street London, SW1A 1LZ T: +44 (0) 20 7484 6430 Mumm E: [email protected] www.justerinis.com Jonathan Simms Simon Watson Mumm UK Ambassador Head of On-Trade and Multiples E; [email protected] T: +44 (0) 20 7484 6426 T: 07768 831116 Pernod Ricard UK Building 12 Chiswick Park Public Enquiries: 566 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5AN JUSTERINI & BROOKS @ghmumm 61 St James’s Street London, SW1A 1LZ T: +44 (0) 20 7484 6400 E: [email protected] www.justerinis.com Palmer & Co Champagne Palmer & Co Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Arthut Camut [email protected] Armit Wines 5 Royalty Studios Bibendum PLB 105 Lancaster Road London W11 1QF Emilie Blanc +44 (0) 20 7908 0600 [email protected] [email protected] Facebook: @ArmitWines Twitter: @Armit_Wines Instagram: @armitwines

Paul Bara Champagne Pierre Gimonnet & Fils – 51530 Cuis Stephanie Ducloux E: [email protected] Export Manager www.champagne-gimonnet.com E: [email protected] Instagram: champagnegimonnet www.champagnepaulbara.com Twitter: @PGimonnetFils Facebook: champagnebara Instagram: @champagne_paul_bara Piper-Heidsieck Simon Stockton Brand Ambassador - Piper-Heidsieck and Rare Perrier-Jouët M: +44 (0) 7702 155 225 Jonathan Simms Office: +44 (0) 20 7720 5350 Perrier-Jouët UK Ambassador www.libertywines.co.uk E; [email protected] Facebook: @ChampagnePiperHeidsieck T: 07768 831116 Instagram: @piper_heidsieck Pernod Ricard UK Building 12 Chiswick Park Available at: 566 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5AN The Finest Bubble, Ocado, Champagne Direct, @perrierjouet Tesco, Selfridges, Sainsburys

tastechampagne tastechampevent 109 Pol Roger Vazart-Coquart Pol Roger Importer & Distributor: James Simpson, Managing Director Scala Wine, London Shelton House, 4 Coninsby Street, Tim Hall Hereford HR1 2DY [email protected] T: 01432 262800 www.scalawine.com E: [email protected] Ph: 020 7281 3040 www.polroger.co.uk Facebook: @PolRogerPortfolio Vazart-Coquart, Chouilly Grand Cru Twitter: @Pol_Roger www.champagnevazartcoquart.com Instagram: @Pol_Roger

Pommery Veuve Clicquot Vranken Pommery UK Ltd Moët Hennessy Sara Hicks – UK Director Trade Contact 128 Buckingham Palace Road Cerentha CHOW London SW1W 9SA E:[email protected] E: [email protected] T: 0207 808 4400 www.vrankenpommery.com Public Contact Clos19 Roger-Constant Lemaire [email protected] The Drinks Agency Ltd https://www.clos19.com/en-gb/ Michèle Bodart https://www.facebook.com/clos19/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/clos19official +44 (0) 7715 179022 https://www.instagram.com/clos19official/ Facebook/Twitter/instagram: drinksagency

Taittinger Veuve Fourny & Fils Hatch Mansfield Exclusively Distributed by Thorman Hunt (UK Sole agents for Champagne Taittinger) 4 Pratt Walk, New Bank House, 1 Brockenhurst Road Lambeth, London SE11 6AR Ascot, Berks, SL5 9DJ T: +44 (0) 207 735 6511 Tel: 01344 871800 E: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.thormanhunt.co.uk Lynn Murray, Marketing Director Twitter: @ThormanHunt [email protected] Instagram: @thormanhunt Kevin McKee, UK Director – Family Taittinger [email protected]

Vilmart & Cie Thiénot Gauntleys of Nottingham Champagnes & Chateaux Ltd Mrs Victoria Rogers, MD Anna Grente T: 07764 610072 Marketing Manager E: [email protected] T: 07825 540 914 www.gauntleys.com E: [email protected] Facebook: gauntley’s-fine-wine www.champagnesandchateaux.co.uk Facebook: @champagnesandchateaux Twitter:@FizzandFineWine Instagram: @champagnesandchateaux Vincent d’Astrée Grape Passions Ltd Tsarine Unit 7, Rosewood Business Park Eastways Industrial Estate Lanson International UK Limited Witham, Essex, CM8 3AA 18 Bolton Street, London, W1J 8BJ Tel: +44(0)20 7499 0070 / Fax: +44 (0)20 7408 0841 Mark Soudah Email: [email protected] Managing Director T: 01376 538888 www.tsarine.com

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